Background
Shohat, Edward R. was born on May 7, 1947 in Westchester, Pennsylvania, United States.
- Photos
- Works
- Photos
- Works
Edward R. Shohat
Edit ProfileEducation
University of Miami (Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, 1969. Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1972).
Career
Worked at Bierman, Shohat, Loewy, Perry & Klein (Miami, Florida) specializing in Federal and State Criminal Trials and Appeals. Post-Conviction and Parole Representation. International Extradition.
Defense of Federal and State Civil Forfeitures. Admitted to the bar, 1972, Florida, United States. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit and United States.
District Court, Southern District of Florida including Trial Bar. 1975, United States. Supreme Court. 1981, United States. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.
1989, United States. District Court, Middle District Court of Florida. Member: Bar and Gavel. Wig and Robe. Listed in Best Lawyers in America, 1989.
Author: "Liability of a Pharmacist for Negligently Dispensing Oral Contraceptives," 22 University of Miami Law Review, 456, 1972. Lecturer in Law, Immigration and Nationality, University of Miami School of Law, 1976-1984. Faculty Member: Federal Bar Association Trial Masters Seminar, St. Thomas School of Law, 1996.
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers National Convention Seminar, Santa Monica, California, 1996. Law Education Institute Winter Continuing legal education Program, Vail Colorado, 1996. Fourth Annual Law and All that Jazz Seminar, "Recipes for Success In Criminal Defense," Louisiana Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, 1994.
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyer's Spring Seminar, "Crime in America: Need, Greed and Money," Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1991. 1985 and 1988 Superstars in Criminal Defense Seminar, Atlanta Bar Association, 1987. Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and Criminal Law Section, Georgia Bar Association Seminar on Trial Tricks and Tactics.
Florida Criminal Defense Association Seminars, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1987. National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, Annual Seminars, 1987, 1988 and 1994, Key West, Florida. Florida Public Defenders Association Seminar, Miami, Florida, December, 1988.
Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Annual Ski Seminar, 1989. Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Fall Seminar, Helen, Georgia, 1989. Advanced Criminal Law Seminar, Aspen Colorado, 1990.
Florida Bar Immigration and Naturalization Law Seminar, Fort Lauderdale, 1978. Florida Bar AINL Immigration and Naturalization Law Seminar, Miami, 1980, 1981, 1982. Member, Board of Directors, Dade County Bar Association, 1983-1984.
Vice President, University of Miami Law Alumni Association, 1982-1986. Chairman, Attorneys Division Greater Miami Jewish Federation, 1982-1983. Chairman, Judicial Reception, Attorneys Division, Greater Miami Jewish Federation, 1986.
President, Florida Criminal Defense Attorney's Association, 1987-1988. Vice President, Florida Criminal Defense Attorneys Association, 1985-1987. Faculty, Sixth and Seventh Annual Investment Planning Conferences, University of Miami, 1985, 1986.
Member, Board of Directors, Florida Criminal Defense Attorneys Association, 1983-1984. Member, Board of Directors, Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, 1989-1991. Fellow, 1986; Member, Board of Directors, 1989 and Vice President, 1993 , American Board of Criminal Lawyers.
Member: Dade County, Federal and American Bar Associations. The Florida Bar (Member, Designation Committee, Immigration and Naturalization, 1980). National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
South Florida Association of Immigration and Nationality Lawyers (President, 1982-1983. Vice President, 1980-1981). We are a small criminal defense firm with an emphasis on white collar crime, particularly in the federal courts around the United States.
We have tried many very large cases as well as doing extensive appellate work in the eleventh circuit and in most circuit courts of appeal throughout the United States. We do extensive appellate work in the State courts as well. We have a particular emphasis on bank-related matters including forfeitures, money laundering and other criminal and forfeiture-related matters.
Membership
Member: Bar and Gavel. Wig and Robe. Listed in Best Lawyers in America, 1989. Fellow, 1986; Member, Board of Directors, 1989 and Vice President, 1993 , American Board of Criminal Lawyers.
